Roque Gastón Máspoli, (born Oct. 12, 1917, Montevideo, Uruguay—died Feb. 22, 2004, Montevideo) Uruguayan association football (soccer) player who , was a national sports hero in Uruguay for his role as the national team’s goalkeeper in the 1950 World Cup finals, in which Uruguay upset Brazil, the heavily favoured host country, 2–1 in the decisive final match to win its second World Cup trophy. As goalkeeper (1940–55) for the renowned Peñarol football club, Máspoli helped that team win five league championships. He later coached Peñarol to three more league titles, the 1966 Libertadores Cup, and the 1966 Intercontinental Cup over European champion Real Madrid. Máspoli was coach of the national side in the early 1980s and guided Uruguay to victory in the Copa de Oro, a competition of all former World Cup winners, in 1980.

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